#BlackMoonRising (1986)

A surprisingly decent flick about a thief (Tommy Lee Jones) who has to retrieve a cassette tape he stashed in a racecar. The car ends up film grain filled 1980s Los Angeles with complications arising when a woman (Linda Hamilton) steals the car he needs to get to. From then on, he gets tangled up with her crime bosses while outrunning his own set of thugs out to get him while Bubba Smith pressures him to get the tape.

It's nothing mind-blowing, but I love the aesthetic. Tommy is smooth as hell, conning his way in and out of situations, kicking some ass, getting his ass kicked, and scoring with Linda Hamilton. Only he can sport a unibrow and still get the women.

Since it's 1980s LA with Linda, I can't help but have Terminator in the back of my mind, particularly when I'm second-guessing myself if certain locations are the same ones, but also when they show the retro "high tech" stuff. The racecar in question probably looked cool back in the day, but it's kinda funny now. There's a scene in particular that seems like the basis for something I saw in a Fast and Furious movie.